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B14ck W01f · 07 September 2020, 13:12

Hello Toni,
From my experience, if I want to emulate an actual Amiga hard drive, I need to make sure that I have the correct size and geometry settings. If i don't, I will get an error like "Error -1 on device open".

How hard would it be to allow WinUAE users to select a real hard drive from a drop down list somewhere on the "CD & Hard Drives" tab, that has options like:

MiniScribe 8425
Toshiba MK-134FA
Rodime RO-3055
etc...

And if users select one of the hard drives, the correct geometry and sizes are shown, and they are not allowed to change any parameters. For example, if the user selects the MiniScribe, then the 4x17x615 will be shown in the geometry boxes, while something around 20.45MB will end up being the size. I think this is a good idea.

Since there are so many hard drives, I am not saying focus on all of them. Set yourself a limit on how many you actually do, say 10.

07 September 2020, 13:12	#1
B14ck W01f m68k all the way Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Koalaland Posts: 523	HD Geometry for beginners Hello Toni, From my experience, if I want to emulate an actual Amiga hard drive, I need to make sure that I have the correct size and geometry settings. If i don't, I will get an error like "Error -1 on device open". How hard would it be to allow WinUAE users to select a real hard drive from a drop down list somewhere on the "CD & Hard Drives" tab, that has options like: MiniScribe 8425 Toshiba MK-134FA Rodime RO-3055 etc... And if users select one of the hard drives, the correct geometry and sizes are shown, and they are not allowed to change any parameters. For example, if the user selects the MiniScribe, then the 4x17x615 will be shown in the geometry boxes, while something around 20.45MB will end up being the size. I think this is a good idea. Since there are so many hard drives, I am not saying focus on all of them. Set yourself a limit on how many you actually do, say 10.